I don't think its direct hate of America as much as it is jealousy and despise for the wealth and power we are about to garnish from our acquisition of Iraq. That's what people resent at the core.
All the powerful countries that are against this move, have multinational corps that stand to lose enormously profitable countracts when Saddam's regime gets the boot. They have influence in the media. People's opinions can be shaped and influence by the media.
"The CIA owns everyone of any significance in the major media."
--Former CIA Director William Colby
Read up on Operation Mockingbird.
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